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Chap. 54

Space Fortress Barge

"Enemy dolls have crossed the space minefield. ETA in two minutes."

The entire base was on alert. The White Fang had been battling against the OZ space force and were now on their way there. Because Barge was the greatest force for OZ in space, it was apparent they would be the prime target, for the victor would claim supremacy to outer space. To that end, both sides set their full forces for the battle that was to come.

"Taurus Dolls will be in defense formation in thirty seconds."

"Is the Barge cannon ready yet?" the OZ commander barked.

The officer answered, "Final connections are complete."

"All units assume phase three battle positions."

A red light went off and the commander ordered, "Send out every Doll and don't let the enemy get by. This is our last fortress in space and we can't afford to loose it now." To another officer, "The normal weapon won't work against the Virgo Doll. Equip them with laser cannons."

"They're not equipped for the additional output." the officer replied back. "They'd overheat in no time."

"It doesn't matter, just as long as it wipes out some of the dolls."

The first officer spoke up again, "Enemy mobile dolls will reach our first defense line in 10…9…8…7…6…5…" The tension grew immensely with each count as the soldiers watched the screen with anticipation.

"4…3…2…1. The battle has begun!"

True to her words, a trail of energy fire ripped across space, signs of the erupting battle. The OZ Taurus Dolls confronted the White Fang Virgo Dolls in an intense display of space-combat. The machine swarms blasted and crushed each other in this ultimate bid for supremacy. The Taurus held their own against the White Fang at first, but after awhile, one or two of them would explode due to the overuse of their quantum laser cannon. Plus the fact that the White Fang had both superior numbers and machines started to drive the OZ forces back against their fortress, the only thing that was keeping them in the fight. A distance away from the battlefield Colonel Serdeci and Milliardo Peacecraft watched the battle before them. Milliardo watched the battle passively while Serdeci gave out the orders.

"That's the way. Now keep applying pressure."

Milliardo gave a sigh and walked away. Serdeci noticed this and called out, "Commander Millardo, where are you going?" But Milliardo's only answer was a glow in his hand, materializing into his tekka-set crystal. Seeing this, Serdeci protested, "Wait, you're the chief commander of the White Fang, aren't ya? Just give out the orders and leave the fighting to the Dolls."

"You do just that." The crystal unfolded and Milliardo became engulfed in a flare of red energy. The glow flashed out of the ship and toward the battlefield. Serdeci could only watch as their leader flew off to join the fight.

"Commander Milliardo still thinks of himself as the Lightning Count."

L4 Colony

Yumi, Hayato and Dead were on small shuttle was flying toward the L4 colony. Attached to the lower part of the shuttle was Alpha ship, just in case of any problems. As the approached…

"I wonder how everyone else is doing?" Yumi wondered as she gazed out the window and into the stars. "Natasha, Goliate, Chief…"

Hayato answered from the pilot seat next to hers, "I wouldn't worry too much Yumi. We managed to take care of ourselves pretty well."

Yumi sighed lightly and then looked over at Dead, who sat behind them, "What do you think, Dead? Are you glad you're going to see David again?"

Dead simply closed his eyes and shrugged, "Not really sure."

"Well, if I were you, I would be really glad to see my best friend again after all this time." she smiled to him in return.

Dead detected her light-hearted remark and a ghost of a smile began to form, "Per…"

And that was when both his and Yumi's tekka-set crystals shimmered on their foreheads. Hayato saw and asked in worry, "Please let that be David."

His answer came right in front of the shuttle. Four dark figures stood between them and the colony. All tekkamen. And in the lead was none other than…

"It's playtime again, little one. I hope you don't mind, but I've brought some friends along as well, hehehe."

Peacemillion

Noin was heading for one of the spare shuttles that were onboard the Peacemillion. After hearing Milliardo's decree upon the Earth, she was determined to find out just what the heck he was thinking. She had a few guesses, but none of them really clicked. But she had to be sure. And there was only way to find out.

"Hang on a second please, Miss Noin." Quatre called as he came up behind her. Noin sighed, knowing Quatre's concern, which were well justified here. In order to reach Zechs, she would have to go to the battle at Barge, which was essentially dangerous. As she reached the shuttle, she turned to him and explained.

"I know you really don't want me to do this, but I have to meet with Zechs and talk to him in person. I'm positive that he has a good reason. He must be rebelling for the Sank Kingdom and Miss Relena."

Quatre moved beside her, leaning on the shuttle, "Still it's too dangerous for you to go out there alone. I'll come with you."

"Quatre…" In truth, she had hoped to go alone, but the risk was far too great. She may be one of the best Sol-Tekka pilots around, but she wouldn't last very long in such a heated battle alone. And she had to speak to Zechs. 'Guess it wouldn't hurt…"

"There are a lot of civilian colonies near Barge." a new voice spoke out from above. Looking up, they saw the smiling face of Duo looking down from the top of the shuttle. "It shouldn't be too hard to approach the fortress unnoticed."

"Does this mean you're coming?" Quatre asked.

The braided youth nodded, "I want OZ and the White Fang to know that the great destroyer is back and he's back with a bang."

"Thanks a lot, Duo."

Duo then turned his head, "Catch all of that?"

"Huh?"

From beside Duo, Trowa walked in and looked down as well, "At the very least, I guess I can cover for you guys."

"Trowa!" Quatre said happily.

"Now that that's settled, let's get going." Duo replied, looking at Noin.

"Right."

Earth, Space Ring elevator

There was much activity as many were coming in from space to avoid the constant battles. In one of the elevators that led up to the Space Ring, Heero found himself one of the few people actually going into space. As the massive elevator took him up to the stars, he thought briefly about the huge turn of events that had occurred. Just when peace seemed to be on the horizon, another obstacle seemed to present itself. His eyes roved upward as the elevator began to leave the atmosphere.

'My enemy is in space.'

However, his thoughts were broken when a figure strode up to him and stood at the railing beside him.

"Are you Heero Yuy?"

Heero's turned a glance to see a tall, blond-haired woman standing next to him. His hand began to shift to his gun, which was hidden in his pants when she turned to him fully, lifting her hands in a non-aggressive manner.

"Now don't go firing on me. I just came to see you."

Heero paused, "Why?"

"Because I believe that the gundams are essential for this period of time. And I also believe that all the gundams can be trusted. That's why I came to help you." Her gaze shifted back out to the window, "You fight alone, I noticed. But it can grow to be very lonesome."

"I don't need your charity, Sally Po."

Sally smiled, not surprised that Heero knew who she was or her hidden agenda. "I'm aware of that. But won't you let me at least help you out a little?"

Heero simply looked at her silently, examining her. She knew a good amount about him, but not enough to where she should trust him. But she had said that the gundams could all be trusted. And he knew well enough about her that she was no fool. He knew this from the fact that he spotted several men through the others on the elevator that was in a specific order, guarding her position though the small crowd. Her men, no doubt… Then his tekka-set crystal shimmered on his forehead, turning his attention outside. Sally gave him a strange look, but a sudden explosion caught her attention as a mini-black hole formed above and streaks shot out, materializing into Radham tekkamen. Heero saw this and looked back at Sally.

"Bring your ship in after I'm finished with these guys."

Heero's crystal materialized in his hand and he raised it up into the air.

"Zero…Tek-Setta!!!!!"

Heero exploded in a bolt of sapphire energy and shot out into space. Using the power of his crystal, which is a fusion combination of his original crystal and the powerful Zero crystal, Heero is now given enhanced gundamium armor, quantum energy weapon, and superhuman powers, transforming him into the Gundam Tekkaman Wing Zero.

Zzzzzzzkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wing Zero completed his transformation, only to find another object approaching him from behind. He turned to see that it was a jet, with a briefly glowing object on top of it. It was Gamma ship with Tekkaman Vesna on top.

"Heero? Is that you?"

Wing Zero's eyes simply shimmered, revealing that it was indeed him, before turning around and diving into the fight.

"Yeah, it's him." Vesna comment quietly. To Goliate, "Let's go."

The starjet flew in, closely following the augmented tekkaman as they all began the battle…

Romefeller Foundation

In the general board room of the foundation, the lead executives were in disarray as to what to do about the current events unfolding before them.

"How could this have happened? I can't believe it. The direct descendants of the Peacecrafts are battling against each other."

"Marquis Wayridge, are you sure that's Millardo Peacecraft?" one of the men asked.w

Wayridge nodded solemnly, "I didn't want to believe it, but it is him alright."

"What does Queen Relena plan to do about it?" another questioned. "Now that Duke Dermail is gone, Relena Peacecraft is the only one that can possibly control the new Romefeller."

The situation was hopeless. Given their proposal on peace, to change so radically again would be difficult, strenuous at best. They could not be well equipped to deal with the White Fang. Wayridge bent his head down on the table and gave a remorseful prayer.

"King Peacecraft, I give you our deepest sympathies. In an effort to create our ideal world, I'm afraid we've guided your children into a very cruel destiny."

"If that's the way you truly feel, I ask that you abide by my orders."

Everyone in the room looked up at the sound of the new voice as the doors swung open and soldier poured in with rifles. The soldiers surrounded them and the men all looked in surprise at who was in command.

Trieze Khusrenada…

The four tekkamen continued to hover right in front of the shuttle. The three Knights backed away from the glaring face of the dark warriors.

"Shirken." Slayer called. "How about you start things off."

Shirken nodded and his wrist blades began to glow. He then waved one of his arms forward, letting loosed the blades of deadly energy straight at the shuttle. The shuttle exploded in various areas, causing the inside to rock and the three onboard to almost lose their footing.

"Hayato, are you alright?" Yumi asked when she regained her balance.

Hayato nodded, "Yeah. You better get going. Don't worry, I'll catch up."

Dead however, didn't have to wait to see otherwise and he pulled out his knife crystal.

"Tek-Setta!!!!!!"

A purple blast erupted out of the shuttle, soon accompanied by a pink one. The two tekkamen shot up high into the air while the dark ones watched.

"You know what to do." Slayer ordered. "Go."

Shrapnel and Sliver nodded and flew up in pursuit, leaving Shirken and Slayer behind. Tekkaman Hiver and Dead both completed their transformations and faced the oncoming attack, but Dead found that Hiver was the focus of the assault. Shrapnel came in first, unsheathing a massive serrated-looking axe lancer and swinging it forward. Hiver called forth her own sword lancer and blocked it, but was knocked backward with tremendous force. While she flew back, Sliver flew in as well, his own lancer moving in to stab her in the side. But Hiver managed a roll, causing her lancer to slap away Sliver's. Then she gave him a backhanded blow, causing Sliver to be knocked back. Hiver thought about moving in for an attack, but her effort was halted when she saw Shrapnel dive in toward her. Hiver backed away, awaiting his strike, but Shrapnel stopped suddenly and swung his axe. Pieces of the axe fragmented off and came at her.

"No!"

The shards cut across her armor and Hiver cried as was sliced by them. The fragments soon flew back at Shrapnel and re-connected with the axe. Sliver, who had recovered from the earlier blow, charged in to attack. Dead flew in to intercept him, but a beam of energy cut him off. Looking down, he saw the approaching Slayer, who materialized before him, blocking his path from Hiver.

"Well, did you consider my offer?"

Meanwhile, Sliver was still making his way toward the dazed Hiver, ready to stab her through when beams of energy blocked his path. Looking down, the two of them saw Alpha ship flying right at them, firing up to Hiver while preventing the other tekkamen from reaching her. Hiver had awoken just enough to see Alpha coming right at her and she latched her energy wire onto Alpha just as the jet flew past. As Hiver flew away, Shrapnel and Sliver watched them go and flared their crystal hawks. They shot off in separate directions and then circled back, crossing in front of Alpha and creating a wave of turbulence. Hayato struggled to control the jet, but the shaking was enough to rattle Hiver's wire off and Hiver drifted off.

"Yumi!"

Alpha moved to circle back to her, but by the time he got halfway, the two tekkamen were already moving in on the weakened Hiver. Hiver gasped as she saw the two dark energy waves coming at her from both sides.

"Yumi, get down!"

A blur of energy shot out from out of nowhere just as the two crystal hawks slashed across Hiver. But they were soon surprised when they found that their prey had somehow eluded them. Looking around, they soon found that Hiver was held in the arms of another tekkaman.

"Yumi. Are you alright?"

Hiver looked up weakly and was surprised to see her rescuer. "David! It's you."

Tekkaman Sommer had managed to pull Hiver out of the way a second before the crystal hawks could tear her apart. Above, Beta ship flew in and hovered over next to them. Hiver shook her head and floated out, "Yes, I'm fine."

"What are you doing out here?"

Shaking her head, "We were looking for you."

She was going to say a bit more, but blasts of energy flew out at them, separating the two Knights. Sommer looked at the source, which turned out to be the third dark tekkaman, Shirken.

"At last. Now I can fight."

Barge

The battle continued to rage. Even with the White Fang's increased forces, OZ was putting up a stubborn resistance. From across the side of the battlefield, a shuttle with two white Taurus Sol-Tekkas on each side flew in toward it. From within the shuttle, Duo and Quatre marveled at the battle before them.

"Whoa. Look at them go." Duo commented. Talking into the communicator, he spoke to Noin, "What do you think? I have no clue where Zechs might be."

Noin stared off into the battle, searching for him. "I want to get in good and close. He should be in there somewhere."

"We'll be right behind you, so let's go." The three machines swooped in toward the, but then one of the Sol-Tekkas began to turn. Quatre looked in puzzlement, "Huh, Trowa?"

"I'm going off to protect the civilian colonies."

With that answer, he transformed his Sol-Tekka into its jet mode and blasted away toward the nearby colony.

"Hey, hang on." Duo called. But Trowa was long gone.

"Man, talk about making fast decisions."

"Trowa…?" He knew that his friend was still trying to deal with his lost memories. It was the reason that he was using the Sol-Tekka instead of his tekka powers. Quatre just wished that Trowa didn't try to do it on his own.

"Enemies incoming." Noin warned.

Just ahead of them, two Taurus Dolls were coming at them attacking. Duo maneuvered the shuttle out of the line of fire and grinned as he brought the ship to a stop.

"Well, lets get things rolling, eh Quatre."

"Tek-Setta!!!"

The two boys summoned their crystals and raised them into the air, causing them to erupt into two beams of energy that shot out of the shuttle. Soaring through space, the two forms materialized in their armored warrior forms. Tekkaman Hellscythe and Tekkaman Sandrock. The two wasted no time in unsheathing their lancer weapon and charging in. But a flash on their foreheads stopped them short. At the same time, the two attacking Dolls suddenly exploded before them.

"What the…?"

Within the fires of the exploding Dolls, a dark object came into form within it. As the explosion faded, the figure remained. A winged, crimson-armored tekkaman holding a thick blade lancer.

"That's Zechs?" Quatre gasped.

Duo was equally as surprised, "He's…he's a tekkaman!"

Romefeller

In her private quarters, Relena sat alone looking out into the setting sun. The tranquility of the skies however, could not match her turbulent thoughts. 'The Earth is finally at peace. What could you be thinking Milliardo?' She lowered her head, 'Regardless of this, my dear brother, it is my responsibility and my duty to make you stop.' An echo of footsteps soon caught her attention and she stood up and walked out of her room. The building was dark and quiet, with no one in sight. Bravely, she strode down the hall, soon reaching the meeting room up ahead. Opening the door, she found the room equally as dark as the rest of the building, save for the light coming in through the windows. A lone person stood regally beside one of the windows. He turned around and offered a greeting to the young woman.

"Long time no see, Miss Relena."

"It's you, Treieze Khusenranda." Relena replied. "Why are you here?"

"I thought I'd inform you of a decision made by Romefeller's top executives."

"I don't know what you mean."

"As of this day, you are to be dismissed from your duties as Romefeller's representative." he answered crisply. "I must therefore ask you to step down from your role as queen."

Relena gave him a long stare and then said, "I understand. I will give up my rights as the representative." There was no point in holding on to a role that she never wanted. Besides, the thought of fighting for it never crossed her mind. To do so would cause another war within Romefeller, something that she or the Earth doesn't want or need now. However…

"But before I step down, I must do one final thing. I must persuade my brother, Millardo Peacecraft, to stop fighting against the Earth."

"You're not capable of doing that."

Relena frowned, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"It's a crime to confine you to this prison-like foundation." Trieze spoke, "I will be Romefeller's chief representative. I'll personally bring the battle to its conclusion." He opened the window wide in a gesture.

"You're free. Free to go wherever you please."

Colony L4 orbit

Bam!

Sommer and Shirken deflected off each other after a collective blow from the tekkamen. Meanwhile, Hiver was still staying off Shrapnel and Sliver with the help of Alpha and Beta. Eventually, Shrapnel got irritated by the two starjet's interference and opened his shoulder voltekka cells.

"Be gone pests! Voltekka!!!!"

A bright flash was soon followed by a massive beam-wave of crimson energy. Hayato and Anita both saw the beam incoming and pull hard to avoid it. But the energy shear itself was enough to knock them around and send them tumbling through the space.

"Guuuaaahhhhh!!!!!"

"Hayato! Anita!" Hiver cried. Just then, Sliver swooped up before her and charged. Hiver blinked in surprise, but managed an awkward defense with her lancer. She pushed away, but Sliver pressed the advantage, striking again at her. Again she blocked, but this time, she kicked out, hitting the dark tekkaman in the chest and driving him back. As Sliver drifted back, Shrapnel came in place and charged in. Hiver couldn't defend and was shoulder rammed.

"Ahhhh!!!"

"Yumi!" Sommer called while locked with Shirken's blades. He couldn't reach her because Shirken was constantly keeping him off. And with Hayato and Anita out of action at the moment, Hiver was in serious trouble.

"Raaaahhhhhh!!!!"

Sommer pulled his arm back slightly and decked Shirken in the face. Shirken ducked his head off to the side and dodged the blow. Out of sheer annoyance, Sommer brought his knee up, knowing that Shirken couldn't avoid the blow at this range. But Shirken somehow warped out of in front of him altogether and reappeared behind.

"Forget the girl. Fight me."

Sommer ignored him and shot up to Hiver. Shirken pursued him and his crystal hawk flared to life. Sommer sensed his approached and shot his boosters up to outrun him. But Shirken swooped past and stopped before him, cutting him off again. Then with his wrist blades aglow, he flashed both his arms forth and fired and hailstorm of energy beams. Sommer flew directly into the attack and his armor was shredded. But Sommer continued on, surprising Shirken as he rushed through and tackled Shirken's gut, causing him to gasp. Sommer then brushed him aside and continued to Hiver, but was sideswiped by Sliver.

"Open neck!"

While this battle went on, Dead and Slayer remained further off. Slayer simply stood there while Dead tensed due to the battle. Yet he made no move.

"You see that the Earthlings are only fighting for their own selfish reasons, destroying one another just for themselves." Slayer spoke. "They will destroy one another. But it doesn't have to be that way. My master can save them from their own fate."

Dead paid her no heed and kept looking for a way to go around her and help Sommer. But this was not lost on her who tilted her head to the direction of the fight.

"I see. You are friends with him." Turning back to him, "But he is not your family. He can't truly understand the pain we have suffered."

This hit a cord with Dead, "But he does understand. He was there, at Prague when…"

"But he lucked out." She snapped. "He was saved from the true horror of the destruction. You know what it was like. To have to literally see everyone and everything you've ever known or loved turn to ash and space debris right before your eyes. I know." Her voice seemed to sadden for the first time, "And for the longest time, I thought that you were a part of it. I wanted so much to die. I soon realized that humanity is weak. It needs a master."

Dead didn't hear the last part. He was more focused on what she had said before that. He knew exactly how that felt. The insufferable pain that hit you at the core over and over and over again, leaving you with nothing, but emptiness.

"Dead End…Kenji…Come with me." She held her clawed hand out to him. "This is your family. I am your family."

Barge

The two tekkamen stood face to face with the Tekkaman Epyon. Noin was the only one of them that wasn't surprised. Like everything secret in Zechs life, this came as no surprise to her. She had long known that he was a primary body and given everything that had happened, him becoming a tekkaman had been an option. The only thing that caught her off guard was the name. Tekkaman…Epyon. As in the Epyon crystal that was once owned by Heero. But she would have to think about this another time. From behind Epyon, a ball of red light circled into view and began to grow.

"What is that thing?" Hellscythe asked absentmindedly.

"Heh…"

Epyon ducked the giant energy beam that had come from Barge's main cannon. Noin, Sandrock and Hellscythe followed suit, barely ducking out of the way of beam. The blast continued on, wiping out the White Fang in the back, including Serdeci and onward where it nicked across the side of a colony. The structure shook violently, but luckily the damage seemed minimal. Just in orbit of the colony, Trowa gasped in shock and looked over at the source as Barge powered down. Sandrock and Hellscythe were equally as shocked.

"No! How could they do that?"

"They can't be serious." Hellscythe agreed. "A direct hit would have wiped out the colony."

Their senses were son diverted away as Epyon came in at them flying. Approaching Hellscythe, he lashed out with his heat rod/whip, driving the demonic tekkaman back. Then Epyon turned and attacked Sandrock with his lancer, driving him back as well.

"What are you doing Zechs?"

Epyon didn't reply and charged again. Hellscythe, already irritated by the surprise attack, came at him first, bringing his scythe lancer down on him. But Epyon swiftly blocked it, slapped it away and punched Hellscythe in the face.

"Talk about speed and power."

Sandrock moved in from behind with his lancers, but Epyon swiftly wheeled around and deflected the slash. Sandrock pressed on, but it was again deflected. With a final strike, Sandrock struck downward, but he was blocked off and held in place.

"It's incredible, what strength. He's as powerful as…Zero!"

This realization hit him enough for Epyon to ease out. Luckily, Hellscythe came in as well, but Epyon flew out of the way and ignited his crystal hawk. Sandrock and Hellscythe quickly followed, their own energy bursting to life as they pursued him. Noin simply watched sadly as the three energies moved in to collide.

"No. How could you, Zechs?"

Noin wasn't the only one watching. Fron Barge, the OZ commander watched as the tekkaman fought each other. Earlier, Epyon had been cutting down his forces piece by piece. Now seemed like a golden opportunity to stop him.

"We can't let the enemy get any closer than this." He then ordered, "Ready the cannon to fire again. We'll completely wipe them out in our next attack."

The three crystal hawks soon smashed into each other, exploding with explosive force. But the bigger shock came when both Hellscythe and Sandrock were blasted away while Epyon remained unscathed.

"He has got the upper hand." Sandrock grimaced. A faint glow turned his attention away and he could see Barge powering up the cannon. "Oh no. No again!" Turning to Hellscythe, "Duo, check out Barge!"

Hellscythe looked over and saw the power build-up as well. "They're going to fire that again?" His eyes shimmered as he looked back at Epyon, "I haven't got time to play games with you."

With his scythe reared behind him, Hellsythe leaped upward and swung down big on Epyon. But with a deft motion, Epyon sidestepped the attack and watched him fly past. However, he was soon surprised when a pair on armored arms grabbed him from behind and held him. It was Noin, who was holding him with her Taurus Sol-Tekka.

-

I just feel "Rhythm Emotion"

kono mune no kodou wa

anata e to tsudzuite'ru so far away

-

"I'll stay and take care of him. You go stop the Barge cannon."

Sandrock couldn't believe what he was hearing. Given Epyon's strength, he could crush her in seconds.

"But Noin…"

"Get going!"

Sandrock faltered back in uncertainty and Hellscythe snapped at him, "Quatre, we haven't got time."

-

sou... shinayaka ni ima wo

suhada de uketomete

motto "yasashisa" mitsuketai yo

-

Nodding, Sandrock and Hellscythe flew toward Barge, leaving Noin to Epyon. "Zechs. Zechs? Can you recognize my voice?"

Epyon remained still, but responded, "I can hear you."

She gave a sigh of relief, "Zechs, that's better. You owe me an explanation as to why you have been acting this way. Under Miss Relena's rule, the Earth is finally moving toward pacifism. So why would you choose to become Miss Relena's enemy?"

"It's just as I've declared. From outer space's perspective, the origin of disputes is the Earth…and none other."

"What a minute…" Noin called. But Epyon had said enough and he powered out of Noin's grip. Noin staggered back and when she recovered, she was found face to face with his lancer pointing at her head.

-

subete ga kirameite'ta

osanai hi no kiseki torimodoshite...

-

"And that's why, I'll set everything right."

Now Noin was shocked, "You're…serious!"

Epyon pulled his lancer away and flew off, tailing right behind Hellscythe and Sandrock. Noin called out to him, "Zechs, no!" But soon she was cut off when a troop of Taurus Dolls attacked her. Ignoring them, she flew through the fire in order to chase after him. But the interference was too much and she was unable to follow him. The Dolls continued to fire upon her, but soon one by one, they were blasted away. Trowa had come in from behind and was covering her with fire of his own.

"Watch out for yourself. There's no sense dying here."

Noin was unable to answer him and sadly watched Epyon fly away. Meanwhile, Sandrock and Hellscythe continued on their path toward Barge, with a swarm of Dolls in their path. They were forced to cut through them as they made their way to the charging cannon/fortress.

-

I just feel "Rhythm Emotion"

otagai no setsunasa

kanjiai wakeaeru nukumori wo shinjite'ru

I just feel "Rhythm Emotion"

konokiss de tashika na

jounetsu wo tsutaetai so far away...

-

"Just get out of my way!"

"Come on. We've got to hurry."

But it appeared that they would not get there in time. Inside, the commander awaited for the ok from his officer.

"Pressure is building inside the cylinder. 10 seconds left until critical meltdown."

But he didn't need ten seconds, "Their finished. This is the end of the line for those gundams." His hand moved for the trigger, "Have a taste of our Barge cannon at full power!"

Outside, the two gundam tekkamen were helpless to stop it. The Dolls had swamped their path too much.

"We're not going to make it!"

But suddenly, Epyon swooped through the Dolls and the tekkamen and stood before Barge. His eyes glared brightly, causing the commander to back away in fear at the sight of it.

"You're not needed here!"

He raised his lancer, forming the voltekka cells around it and igniting them, creating a pillar of energy in his arms.

"There's no need to you in outer space!"

-

I just feel "Rhythm Emotion"

ayamachi mo itami mo

azayaka na isshun no hikari e to michibiete

-

The voltekka sword came down on the cannon, blasting and slicing right through it massive fortress. The inside exploded upon contact, but Epyon was far from finished. He dove downward on the fortress, literally cutting it in half until he reached the other side. Another flash came from his eyes and Epyon flew away just as the entire fortress exploded behind him, taking out the Dolls nearby as well. The four remaining were completely shocked by the display of Epyon's power and the complete destruction of Barge.

-

I just feel "Rhythm Emotion"

kono mune no kodou wa

anata e to tsudzuite'ru so far away

-

"No…Barge is finished." Sandrock whispered.

"That's the end." Hellscythe added. "It's sinking."

Noin watched it too, but her thoughts were still on the cause of the destruction.

"Oh Zechs."

Sommer was in big trouble. Anita and Hayato were taken out of the fight and Hiver was badly injured. In a nutshell, he was basically on his own. He had to think his way out of this one. He would be swamped in a direct confrontation with the three tekkamen. That means he had to play his ace. The Cannon Voltekka. But he had to play it right. He had to somehow get them all in one place and attack them all at the same time.

'I hope this works.'

He turned to Hiver and whispered, "Yumi. Can you still use the Reactor Voltekka?"

Hiver, who was behind him, answered weakly, "Yes. But I don't know for how long."

Sommer looked back, "Remember the final test Chief put you through for the Reactor Voltekka. We're going to do the same thing here. When I give the signal, I want you to fire at me and have it follow. Hold it for as long as you can and I'll deal with the rest."

Hiver blinked, "But David…That means you'll have to fight all three of them by yourself."

"I know. Just do it." he ordered.

Hiver had no clue what he was up to, but at this point, they had no choice. She nodded to him and crossed her arms.

"Okay."

Sommer nodded back and with a wild cry, he charged straight at them. His first target was Shrapnel, who saw his approach and whipped his axe forward, sending out his lancer shards. Sommer continued coming and flicked whatever ones he could away. Then he whipped his arm back and let his lancer fly, holding on to the short blade part. The giant boomerang-like weapon came full speed at Shrapnel and the bulky tekkaman flew up to avoid it. At the same time, Sliver came at him from the side and stabbed forward with his lancer. Sommer weakly blocked it and was pushed backward while Shirken came in from above and fired another round of energy darts. Sommer's boosters went off and he flew out of the way. He then began to arch back and he called out to Hiver.

"Yumi! Now!"

Hiver powered up the voltekka cells on her hands and she shut her eyes from within the helmet in concentration.

"Reactor…Voltekka!!!!!"

The spiral of energy burst out of her hands and flew toward Sommer. Sommer continued to fly while the beam followed him and he went straight at Sliver now. Sliver made ready for his charge, but Sommer suddenly veered off to the right. Sliver was spooked by the incoming beam and moved aside, but he was stunned when he saw the beam change direction, still following Sommer. Sommer then went in for Shirken. Shirken, seeing what Sommer did earlier, ignited his wrist blades to attack him form a distance, but a spinning sound diverted his attention. It was the other half of Sommer's lancer, spinning right at him now. Shirken dodged it and the lancer returned to its owner, who was closing in on him. Not wanting to be hit with the energy that followed him, Shirken had no choice but to dodge as well. But again, Sommer flew by and the beam followed him to his final target, Shrapnel. But Shrapnel did something unexpected. He charged at Sommer and his lancer clashed with his, holding them in a lock. Sommer struggled, knowing that if he didn't move fast, the Reactor would hit him. In a sneaky move, Sommer wheeled around and reversed their direction. Now Shrapnel would be caught by the blast. In near panic, Shrapnel dove away and Sommer shot away before the voltekka could hit either of them. Sommer repeated the action again with each tekkaman, forcing them closer together while Hiver's Reactor Voltekka encased them. Soon they were locked in a web of energy created by Hiver and woven by Sommer. Sommer soon backed away from the 'web' and quickly brought his lancer before himself. His voltekka cells unhinged and materialized and he pointed the weapon at the encased tekkamen. He had to hurry. There was no telling how long Hiver could hold them. The energy began to power up within the rail-gun weapon

"Cannon…Volt…!"

He was suddenly cut off when Tekkaman Dead materialized right in front of him. Sommer paused and the energy of his voltekka began to diminish.

"Dead…?"

If that surprised him, he was in for a real shock. Dead suddenly reared his arm back and summoned his own voltekka. Sommer was in complete shock as the dark lightning cumulated into the voltekka cells on his lancer as he held it right at Sommer.

"Dead!"

"Voltekka!!!!!!!!!!!"

The dark energy flashed forth and the destructive force engulfed Sommer. Even while the beam flew at him, Sommer couldn't believe it. Dead…had attacked him. His best friend…attacked him… Sommer's body was hurled through space by the blast and the tekkaman was still.

"David!"

Hiver wanted to help him, but she had been locked on her own Reactor Voltekka, which now disappeared from both the lost of concentration and her weakened energy state. Hiver simply floated in space and watched her 'web' evaporate and the three tekkamen go free. The three of them turned to Hiver and made ready to attack when Slayer halted them.

"Leave her…for now. We have what we came for."

Slayer activated her crystal hawk and flew away, with the others following suit. Dead saw her departure and followed, flying close to his sister's side. Anita, who had repaired her ship enough to fly out, went over to Hiver and the unconscious Sommer. But Hiver simply watched as Dead went off and disappeared with the four dark ones.

"Dead…no…"

The two groups return to the Peacemillion, with injured warriors and bad news until they are soon met by Noal, D-Boy and the still unconscious Miyuki. Heero, along with Sally Po and Natasha, fly out into space and find a still Altron in space. Relena goes into space to speak with her brother, but Milliardo is adamant in his proposal. On Earth, Trieze organizes his forces for the approaching battle, but on the Lunar Base, the dark tekkamen are gathering their own forces; The Virgo Sol-Tekka Dolls. Next on Gundam Tekkaman: The Gathering

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AN: I had to add the lyrics to Rythmn Emotion here. It's my all-time favorite song. Credit for the lyrics goes to